The Jesus Podcast

Magi, masters of alchemy and astronomy, notice an anomaly in the constellations. Their curiosity leads them to the scriptures, where they become convinced God has done something miraculous. Today's Bible verse is Matthew 2:2, from the King James Version. Download the Pray.com app for more Christian ...

Mary and Joseph take the newborn Jesus to be dedicated to the temple. There, they meet a prophet who gives blessings and warnings of things to come. Today's Bible verse is Isaiah 40:31, from the King James Version. Download the Pray.com app for more Christian content including, Daily Prayers, Inspir...

The shepherds arrive to see the newborn king swaddled in a manger. The sight, as humble as it is, fills them with awe. They share what they’ve seen, and rumors of the Messiah’s arrival begin to spread throughout the land. Today's Bible verse is 1 Corinthians 1:18, from the King James Version. Downlo...

It is time for God to announce the arrival of his only begotten Son. Who shall He choose to proclaim his arrival to first? Kings? Priests? No… He sends a choir of angels to lowly shepherds. Today's Bible verse is Luke 2:10, from the King James Version. Download the Pray.com app for more Christian co...

Underneath the starlit sky, surrounded by hay and animal filth, the Savior of the World and Hope of Heaven is born. The climax of creation and crescendo of the cosmos takes place in the most humble of contexts. Today's Bible verse is Isaiah 7:14, from the King James Version. Download the Pray.com ap...

As the weary couple arrives in Bethlehem, there is no family or friends willing to help them. Everywhere they turn, they are turned away. They must find shelter quick… Mary is feeling the pangs of labor… Today's Bible verse is 2 Corinthians 8:9, from the King James Version. Download the Pray.com app...

Joseph and Mary are almost to Bethlehem, but a storm has come to knock them off course. They endure a near-death experience to finally arrive where they are meant to be. Today's Bible verse is Philippians 1:6, from the King James Version. Download the Pray.com app for more Christian content includin...

Joseph and Mary have been robbed of everything. They continue their journey, losing hope and patience with each other. What will bring them back to each other? Today's Bible verse is Psalm 23:6, from the King James Version. Download the Pray.com app for more Christian content including, Daily Prayer...

Joseph and Mary embark on a treacherous journey to Bethlehem. Joseph struggles to keep up his strength, and Mary makes a mistake that may cost them the entire journey. Today's Bible verse is Romans 8:35, from the King James Version. Download the Pray.com app for more Christian content including, Dai...

Caesar’s decree for a nationwide census couldn’t come at a worse time for Mary and Joseph. But perhaps this journey to Bethlehem is exactly what God planned all along. Today's Bible verse is Matthew 16:24, from the King James Version. Download the Pray.com app for more Christian content including, D...

Mary and Joseph are wed before God, forcing them to endure ridicule, gossip, and shame from their community. Will this break their marriage before it has even begun? Today's Bible verse is Ephesians 5:32, from the King James Version. Download the Pray.com app for more Christian content including, Da...

Joseph reels in hurt, anger, and confusion. He has every right to have Mary stoned to death, but won’t out of love. In his despair, God meets him, and calls him to something great. Today's Bible verse is Isaiah 9:7, from the King James Version. Download the Pray.com app for more Christian content in...

In this episode, we meet Joseph, the strong, silently noble, carpenter from Nazareth. His character is put to the test, when his betrothed has some unexpected news to share. Today's Bible verse is James 2:13, from the King James Version. Download the Pray.com app for more Christian content including...

Mary continues to help Elizabeth and Zachariah. There, she witnesses the birth of God’s last living prophet - John. Today's Bible verse is Luke 1:68, from the King James Version. Download the Pray.com app for more Christian content including, Daily Prayers, Inspirational Testimonies, and Bedtime Bib...

Overwhelmed yet full of purpose, Mary sings a song to the Lord. A divinely woven melody of redemption and promise.Today's Bible verse is Luke 1:46-47, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app for more Christian content including, Daily Prayers, Inspirational Testimonies, and Bedtime B...

Mary travels to the hillcountry of Judah to be with her cousin, Elizabeth. There, she seeks comfort from the swirling doubt within her.Today's Bible verse is Galatians 6:2, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app for more Christian content including, Daily Prayers, Inspirational Test...

In this episode, we meet Mary, the quiet and humble hero of God, chosen to bear God’s chosen redeemer.Today's Bible verse is 2 Corinthians 12:9, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app for more Christian content including, Daily Prayers, Inspirational Testimonies, and Bedtime Bible S...

God chooses two humble and faithful people to be the bridge that gaps the old and new covenants.Today's Bible verse is Hebrews 4:16, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app for more Christian content including, Daily Prayers, Inspirational Testimonies, and Bedtime Bible Stories.Pray....

For thousands of years, God followed his people and spoke mightily through heroes, kings, poets, and prophets… But for 400 years, there was silence… What happened in those silent years?Today's Bible verse is Philippians 2:5-7, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app for more Christia...

Amid defeat, oppression, and captivity, a prophetic chorus of hope was uttered from the darkness. The message to the hurting and broken is this: a hero is coming!Today's Bible verse is Isaiah 9:6, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app for more Christian content including, Daily Pra...

We begin at the very beginning, when mankind walked in unity with God. When that unity was painfully severed, a promise of hope was given.Today's Bible verse is 1 Timothy 1:15, from the King James Version.Download the Pray.com app for more Christian content including, Daily Prayers, Inspirational Te...

In all his shortcomings, victories, sins, and gifts, he paled in comparison to the greatness of Jesus. Yet the beauty of the gospel is that we all share in Jesus’s victory, even after we deny him.Today's Bible verse is Romans 1:16, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app for more Chr...

Death roared at Daniel, but was ultimately tamed by the hand of God. Jesus also faced death’s roar, but its bite wasn’t strong enough to hold him back.Today's Bible verse is 1 Peter 5:8, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app for more Christian content including, Daily Prayers, Insp...

Three days Jonah spent in the depths of the sea, stuck in the tomb of a fish’s belly. His journey in and out of the fish is an image of Jesus' journey out of the tomb.Today's Bible verse is Matthew 12:41, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app for more Christian content including, D...

Often heralded as THE prophet of Israel, Elijah boldly faced the wickedness of Israel. His mission was ultimately fulfilled through Jesu, who was the greater prophet.Today's Bible verse is 1 Kings 18:37, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app for more Christian content including, Da...

Solomon, the wisest man to ever live, gave us treasured knowledge and proverbs to last a lifetime. But he didn’t abide by any of them. Jesus, however, embodied all the wisdom of God and overcame what Solomon could not.Today's Bible verse is Matthew 12:42, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pr...

Born in Bethlehem, raised as a shepherd, and slew a giant. David’s story foreshadows the story of Jesus, born of Bethlehem, shepherd of our souls, who slew the greatest giant of all - sin.Today's Bible verse is 2 Corinthians 2:14, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app for more Chri...

The Kinsman Redeemer, who married a foreign widow to redeem her from a life of struggle. Another redeemer does the same to us - an offers us a promise of peace with him.Today's Bible verse is Ephesians 1:7, from the King James Version.Download the Pray.com app for more Christian content including, D...

Deeply flawed in his life, Samson’s greatest act was accomplished in sacrificing himself. He is a broken and flawed image of another who would sacrifice himself on a cross.Today's Bible verse is Matthew 16:24-25, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app for more Christian content incl...

Joshua was responsible for ushering people into the promise land, toppling walls and armies to retrieve God’s blessing. Yet there is a greater commander than Joshua, who toppled greater walls, and leads us into a greater blessing.Today's Bible verse is Ephesians 2:13-14, from the King James Version....

With the favor of God, he led the people of Israel to freedom from slavery to Egypt. But he was only a fractured image of another leader who would lead people out of slavery to their sin.Today's Bible verse is Romans 8:37, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app for more Christian co...

Betrayed and sold for a few pieces of silver, all to redeem the ones who persecuted him. Sound familiar? Joseph’s redemptive arc is an image of Christ.Today's Bible verse is Colossians 1:21-22, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app for more Christian content including, Daily Prayer...

The lesser son, desperate for blessing, and man who wrestled with God. Jacob is a symbol of Israel’s struggle for unity with God. Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of unity with God.Today's Bible verse is John 7:38, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app for more Christian content i...

Long ago, Isaac marched up a hill with wood carried on his back. In faith, he allowed his father to tie him to an altar as a sacrifice. Ultimately, he didn’t need to die. Another son would carry wood up a hill, and be the ultimate sacrifice.Today's Bible verse is Luke 22:42, from the King James Vers...

The father of faith. This chosen patriarch of God stumbled through his calling, never quite able to fully live in the promise God made him. But where he fell short, Jesus followed through.Today's Bible verse is Romans 4:3, from the King James Version.Download the Pray.com app for more Christian cont...

In a world of wickedness, Noah was found righteous and preserved from the wrath of God on a wooden ship. This epic event was an image of the protection God provided all of us on the cross, and the rainbow he rose in the sky was a symbol of hope - harkening the coming of Christ.Today's Bible verse is...

Cain, the first to be born into a world riddled with sin, killed his brother Abel in a jealous rage. Cain’s birth came with hope, hope that was quickly shattered. But there would be a greater hero born.Today's Bible verse is Hebrews 11:4, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app for m...

The first man, filled with untapped potential to subdue the world and cultivate God’s perfect will… Adam represents all of us. Teeming with potential, but hindered by pride. But where Adam failed, Jesus prevailed.Today's Bible verse is 1 Corinthians 15:22, from the King James Version.Download the ⁠P...

Who are our neighbors? The people who live next to us? The people who look like us, think like us, or vote for us?Jesus confronts the prevailing belief that only a few people are worthy of our love, trust, and respect. The Parable of the Good Samaritan stands as a beacon of light against the darknes...

What does it mean to live in light of the resurrection? How do we, imperfect people on this side of heaven, live lives that echo eternity?Jesus walks the shores of Galilee one last time, and reassures His beloved apostles that He will always be with them. Then, shrouded in glory, He ascends into hea...

When seven sons of a Jewish priest try to mimic Paul’s miracles by invoking Jesus' name without faith, they face the wrath of a demon who knows Jesus and Paul but dismisses them, leaving the entire city of Ephesus shaken by the power of the true gospel.In Ephesus, Paul teaches about the Holy Spirit ...

When a demon-possessed girl disrupts Paul and Silas' ministry in Philippi, their compassion and authority lead to her deliverance—but at a high cost, as they are beaten and imprisoned, trusting God’s greater purpose in their suffering.Paul and Silas, after days of being followed by a possessed slave...

In the face of religious rigidity, Jesus heals a woman long bound by a spirit, showing that the true essence of the Sabbath lies not in strict rules, but in freeing the oppressed and restoring life.Jesus heals a woman bound by a spirit for eighteen years in the synagogue on the Sabbath, freeing her ...

When a father’s hope is shaken by his son’s torment, he brings his doubts to Jesus, who reveals that even a mustard seed of faith is enough to overcome the darkest forces.A father pleads with Jesus to save his son, possessed by a violent demon, after the disciples fail to cast it out. In response to...

When Jesus frees a man from a demon, the crowd is amazed, but the Pharisees accuse Him of using dark powers—only to have their accusations dismantled by the One who holds true authority over all kingdoms.Amid growing tensions with the Pharisees, Jesus casts out a demon from a mute man, astonishing t...

A mother’s faith breaks through the barriers of culture and tradition as she pleads with Jesus to heal her demon-possessed daughter, proving that God’s mercy knows no bounds.A desperate Gentile mother, Josephine, seeks out Jesus, pleading for her daughter’s healing from demonic possession. Though Je...

With a single word, Jesus casts out a demon and brings healing, but while the crowd praises Him, others plot in the shadows, rejecting His authority and claiming He works by the power of Satan.When a man possessed by a mute demon violently attacks his friend, Joshua seeks out Jesus, desperate for he...

Even a legion of demons must bow to Jesus, the One who commands the storm and sets the oppressed free.After a storm calmed at Jesus' command, the demon-possessed man known as Legion is confronted by the Son of God. Though the legion of demons beg for mercy, Jesus drives them into a herd of pigs, fre...

When even a storm obeys Jesus' command, the demons possessing Gabriel realize their time of torment is about to face a far greater power.Gabriel's life takes a dark turn when a legion of demons overtakes his body, turning him from a simple stonemason into a violent outcast terrorizing his village. A...

When even the demons acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God, His authority over darkness becomes undeniable.In a display of divine authority, Jesus heals countless people gathered at Simon's house, casting out demons who recognize Him as the Son of God. Though the demons attempt to reveal Jesus' true i...